Jurgen Klopp 'will NOT become the next England manager' as reason why ex-Liverpool boss 'has decided not to replace Gareth Southgate is revealed'

Jurgen Klopp will reportedly refuse any advances to become the next England manager.

The German has been living it up in a purpose-built villa in Mallorca with his wife Ulla after leaving Liverpool following almost nine years in charge. 

Before leaving he stated his intention to 'do nothing' for a while after stepping out of the hamster wheel before going travelling. 

Nevertheless he has been touted as a dream replacement for Gareth Southgate, who resigned from the England job after eight years on Tuesday, two days after losing the Euro 2024 final to Spain.  

However, Sky Sport Germany reporter Florian Plettenburg has claimed Klopp will not be the next England manager. 

'Been told he remains committed to taking a season-long break and does not intend to take over any team or association,' Plettenburg wrote. 

That is in line with what was expected from Klopp after an exhilarating and exhausting era in charge of Liverpool. 

The 57-year-old had initially intended to take a sabbatical after leaving Borussia Dortmund in 2015.

He had managed them for 'seven intensive and emotional years,' winning two Bundesliga titles, before leaving in June 2015.

However, Klopp curtailed that career break four months later to join Liverpool.

It meant that when the legendary boss stepped down this summer, he did so after 23 years of working effectively non-stop besides that break before joining the Reds. From 2001 to 2008 he managed Mainz in his homeland, before joining Dortmund from 2008 to 2015. 

When he announced in January that he would leave Liverpool, he explained: 'I am, how can I say it, running out of energy. I have no problem now, obviously, I knew it already for longer that I will have to announce it at one point, but I am absolutely fine now. I know that I cannot do the job again and again and again and again. 

'Obviously Ulla wants me to do well and be fine, and when she realised that I’m really clear about [his decision], she is happy for me.

'If you ask me, "Will you ever work as a manager again?" I would say now no. But I don’t know obviously how that will feel because I never had the situation.

'What I know definitely – I will never, ever manage a different club in England than Liverpool, 100 per cent. That’s not possible. My love for this club, my respect for the people is too big. I couldn’t. I couldn’t for a second think about it. There’s no chance.'  

Eddie Howe, Mauricio Pochettino, Graham Potter, and Lee Carsley are among the leading contenders to replace Southgate. 

The FA would ideally prefer a homegrown coach to replace Southgate, but would not rule out appointing a foreign boss.

Thomas Tuchel could be interested while Sarina Wiegman called it 'inappropriate' to talk about it while she is England Women's manager.